Windows 3.0 and Minimum-Sized User-Defined Window

Last reviewed: June 27, 1995
Article ID: Q101152

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5 and 2.5a

WCOLS() returns a different value depending if FoxPro is running under Windows 3.0 in standard VGA mode or Windows 3.1 standard VGA mode.

If the code below is run in Windows 3.1 standard VGA mode, WCOLS() returns 8, as expected. If the same code is run in Windows 3.0 standard VGA mode, WCOLS() returns 11, which is wider than the requested window size.

This behavior occurs because Windows is enforcing a minimum size.

   DEFINE WINDOW test FROM 1,1 TO 10,10 ;
      SYSTEM FLOAT GROW ZOOM MINIMIZE TITLE 'test' ;
      FONT 'foxfont', 9
   ACTIVATE WINDOW test
   MODIFY WINDOW test CLOSE
   ST=ALLTRIM(STR(WCOLS()))
   WAIT WINDOW ST
   DEACTIVATE WINDOW test
   RELEASE WINDOW test

Additional reference words: FoxWin 2.50 2.50a
KBCategory: kbprg
KBSubcategory: FxprgGeneral

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Last reviewed: June 27, 1995
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